in germany , published in 2013 , stated that " the status of the church of scientology remains in limb ##o . the constitutional court and various courts at the state level have not explicitly ruled that scientology is a religion . government agencies at the federal and state level have rules and procedures that disc ##rim ##inate against scientology as a group and against its members . four of the major political parties ( the christian democratic union , christian social union , social democratic party , and free democratic party ) ban sci ##ent ##ologists from party membership . [ . . . ] sci ##ent ##ologists reported instances of governmental discrimination . although courts at the state and federal level condemned the improper use of
in germany, published in 2013, stated that " the status of the church of scientology remains in limbo. the constitutional court and various courts at the state level have not explicitly ruled that scientology is a religion. government agencies at the federal and state level have rules and procedures that discriminate against scientology as a group and against its members. four of the major political parties ( the christian democratic union, christian social union, social democratic party, and free democratic party ) ban scientologists from party membership. [... ] scientologists reported instances of governmental discrimination. although courts at the state and federal level condemned the improper use of